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View article: Puma habitat preferences when moving and feeding predict the potential for human–carnivore conflict in shared landscapes
Puma habitat preferences when moving and feeding predict the potential for human–carnivore conflict in shared landscapes Open
Large carnivore persistence in an increasingly human‐dominated world requires coexistence between carnivores and people on shared landscapes. Yet, sharing space with carnivores presents challenges, including maintaining sufficient habitat …
View article: Foraging Behaviour of Nesting Grey Herons Inferred from PIT-Tagged Salmonid Fish
Foraging Behaviour of Nesting Grey Herons Inferred from PIT-Tagged Salmonid Fish Open
View article: A common garden experiment in the wild reveals heritable differences in migration tendencies among brown trout populations
A common garden experiment in the wild reveals heritable differences in migration tendencies among brown trout populations Open
We undertook a common garden experiment in the Burrishoole catchment, western Ireland, to test for heritable life‐history differences among neighboring brown trout ( Salmo trutta L.) populations that exhibit neutral genetic divergence. Exp…
View article: Whole‐Genome Resequencing Reveals Polygenic Signatures of Directional and Balancing Selection on Alternative Migratory Life Histories
Whole‐Genome Resequencing Reveals Polygenic Signatures of Directional and Balancing Selection on Alternative Migratory Life Histories Open
Migration in animals and associated adaptations to contrasting environments are underpinned by complex genetic architecture. Here, we explore the genomic basis of facultative anadromy in brown trout ( Salmo trutta ), wherein some individua…
View article: Widespread Adaptive Introgression of Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes across Vertebrate Hybrid Zones
Widespread Adaptive Introgression of Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes across Vertebrate Hybrid Zones Open
Interspecific introgression is a potentially important source of novel variation of adaptive significance. Although multiple cases of adaptive introgression are well documented, broader generalizations about its targets and mechanisms are …
View article: The quest for good genes: Epigamic traits, fitness, MHC and multilocus heterozygosity in the guppy
The quest for good genes: Epigamic traits, fitness, MHC and multilocus heterozygosity in the guppy Open
The ‘good genes’ hypothesis for the evolution of male secondary sexual traits poses that female preferences for such traits are driven by indirect genetic benefits. However, support for the hypothesis remains ambiguous, and, in particular,…
View article: Gut microbial assembly among freshwater Atlantic salmon reared in a natural stream system during a simulated farm escape and introgression event
Gut microbial assembly among freshwater Atlantic salmon reared in a natural stream system during a simulated farm escape and introgression event Open
Intestinal microbial communities are influenced by a confluence of ecological forces. Understanding the dynamics between environment, microbiota and host is essential to gain insights into microbial community assembly processes. However, f…
View article: Autumn outmigrants in brown trout (<i>Salmo trutta</i>) are not a demographic dead‐end
Autumn outmigrants in brown trout (<i>Salmo trutta</i>) are not a demographic dead‐end Open
Genetic identity analysis and PIT (passive integrated transponder) tagging were used to examine the freshwater return rates and phenotypic characteristics of n = 1791 downstream migrating juvenile Salmo trutta in the Burrishoole catchment …
View article: Links between host genetics, metabolism, gut microbiome and amoebic gill disease (AGD) in Atlantic salmon
Links between host genetics, metabolism, gut microbiome and amoebic gill disease (AGD) in Atlantic salmon Open
View article: Do female amphibians and reptiles have greater reproductive output if they have more mates?
Do female amphibians and reptiles have greater reproductive output if they have more mates? Open
View article: Population genetics reveal patterns of natural colonisation of an ecologically and commercially important invasive fish
Population genetics reveal patterns of natural colonisation of an ecologically and commercially important invasive fish Open
Although historical records of introductions that trigger successful biological invasions are common, subsequent patterns of dispersal and colonisation routes are unclear. We use microsatellites to examine genetic population structuring of…
View article: Domestication‐induced reduction in eye size revealed in multiple common garden experiments: The case of Atlantic salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i> L.)
Domestication‐induced reduction in eye size revealed in multiple common garden experiments: The case of Atlantic salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i> L.) Open
Domestication leads to changes in traits that are under directional selection in breeding programmes, though unintentional changes in nonproduction traits can also arise. In offspring of escaping fish and any hybrid progeny, such unintenti…
View article: Functional immunogenetic variation, rather than local adaptation, predicts ectoparasite infection intensity in a model fish species
Functional immunogenetic variation, rather than local adaptation, predicts ectoparasite infection intensity in a model fish species Open
Natural host populations differ in their susceptibility to infection by parasites, and these intrapopulation differences are still an incompletely understood component of host‐parasite dynamics. In this study, we used controlled infection …
View article: Functional immunogenetic variation, rather than local adaptation, predicts ectoparasite infection intensity in a model fish species
Functional immunogenetic variation, rather than local adaptation, predicts ectoparasite infection intensity in a model fish species Open
Natural host populations differ in their susceptibility to infection by parasites, and these intra-population differences are still an incompletely understood component of host-parasite dynamics. In this study, we used controlled infection…
View article: Correction to: Balancing selection versus allele and supertype turnover in MHC class II genes in guppies
Correction to: Balancing selection versus allele and supertype turnover in MHC class II genes in guppies Open
View article: Spawning-related movements in a salmonid appear timed to reduce exposure to visually oriented predators
Spawning-related movements in a salmonid appear timed to reduce exposure to visually oriented predators Open
Animals often exhibit extensive flexibility in movement behaviours on a range of temporal and spatial scales in response to cues that reliably predict fitness outcomes. The annual timing of movements between distinct habitats can be crucia…
View article: Balancing selection versus allele and supertype turnover in MHC class II genes in guppies
Balancing selection versus allele and supertype turnover in MHC class II genes in guppies Open
View article: RNA‐Seq analysis of the guppy immune response against <i>Gyrodactylus bullatarudis</i> infection
RNA‐Seq analysis of the guppy immune response against <i>Gyrodactylus bullatarudis</i> infection Open
Gyrodactylids are ubiquitous ectoparasites of teleost fish, but our understanding of the host immune response against them is fragmentary. Here, we used RNA‐Seq to investigate genes involved in the primary response to infection with Gyroda…
View article: Author response for "RNA‐Seq analysis of the guppy immune response against <i>Gyrodactylus bullatarudis</i> infection"
Author response for "RNA‐Seq analysis of the guppy immune response against <i>Gyrodactylus bullatarudis</i> infection" Open
View article: Gene duplications, divergence and recombination shape adaptive evolution of the fish ectoparasite <i>Gyrodactylus bullatarudis</i>
Gene duplications, divergence and recombination shape adaptive evolution of the fish ectoparasite <i>Gyrodactylus bullatarudis</i> Open
Determining the molecular basis of parasite adaptation to its host is an important component in understanding host–parasite coevolution and the epidemiology of parasitic infections. Here, we investigate short‐ and long‐term adaptive evolut…
View article: Telemetry and genetics reveal asymmetric dispersal of a lake‐feeding salmonid between inflow and outflow spawning streams at a microgeographic scale
Telemetry and genetics reveal asymmetric dispersal of a lake‐feeding salmonid between inflow and outflow spawning streams at a microgeographic scale Open
The degree of natal philopatry relative to natal dispersal in animal populations has important demographic and genetic consequences and often varies substantially within species. In salmonid fishes, lakes have been shown to have a strong i…
View article: The role of MHC supertypes in promoting trans-species polymorphism remains an open question
The role of MHC supertypes in promoting trans-species polymorphism remains an open question Open
View article: Immunogenetic novelty confers a selective advantage in host–pathogen coevolution
Immunogenetic novelty confers a selective advantage in host–pathogen coevolution Open
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is crucial to the adaptive immune response of vertebrates and is among the most polymorphic gene families known. Its high diversity is usually attributed to selection imposed by fast-evolving path…
View article: <scp>RE</scp>: The Hack Index
<span>RE</span>: The Hack Index Open
To the Editor: We read the recent work by Hack et al.1 with great interest. While we applaud the effort to objectively quantify degree of impairment of intoxicated patients using the Hack Impairment Index (HII) in the emergency department …
View article: Evidence of opposing fitness effects of parental heterozygosity and relatedness in a critically endangered marine turtle?
Evidence of opposing fitness effects of parental heterozygosity and relatedness in a critically endangered marine turtle? Open
How individual genetic variability relates to fitness is important in understanding evolution and the processes affecting populations of conservation concern. Heterozygosity–fitness correlations ( HFC s) have been widely used to study this…
View article: Toll‐like receptor variation in the bottlenecked population of the Seychelles warbler: computer simulations see the ‘ghost of selection past’ and quantify the ‘drift debt’
Toll‐like receptor variation in the bottlenecked population of the Seychelles warbler: computer simulations see the ‘ghost of selection past’ and quantify the ‘drift debt’ Open
Balancing selection can maintain immunogenetic variation within host populations, but detecting its signal in a postbottlenecked population is challenging due to the potentially overriding effects of drift. Toll‐like receptor genes ( TLR s…
View article: Low genetic diversity after a bottleneck in a population of a critically endangered migratory marine turtle species
Low genetic diversity after a bottleneck in a population of a critically endangered migratory marine turtle species Open
View article: Landscape‐scale variation in an anthropogenic factor shapes immune gene variation within a wild population
Landscape‐scale variation in an anthropogenic factor shapes immune gene variation within a wild population Open
Understanding the spatial scale at which selection acts upon adaptive genetic variation in natural populations is fundamental to our understanding of evolutionary ecology, and has important ramifications for conservation. The environmental…